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Viliv have announced pricing and specifications for their S5 MID, which will be available not only in Korea but in the US and Europe. While Korean customers will get four spec choices, starting with the 800 x 480 WVGA display, buyers outside of there will have just one main model, the Viliv S5 Premium, with a 1024 x 600 WXVGA touchscreen, Intel Silverthorne Z520 1.33GHz processor, 1GB of RAM and a 60GB hard-drive.

Of the mobile computing products we saw at CES last month, we're still particularly excited about the Viliv range of UMPCs and entertainment MIDs. The company's estimates suggested that the S7, S5 and X70 MIDs would land in Spring 2009. However we now know a few more details, including that the Viliv S5 will have haptic feedback, plus a more specific release window for the handheld.

Some of the most anticipated devices at CES have been Yukyung's Viliv range of PMPs, UMPCs and MIDs. The company has three models on show this week, the S5 "Entertainment" MID, the X70 Atom "Communication" MID, and the S7 "Productivity" MID. The S7, shown here, has a 7-inch WSVGA convertible display, full QWERTY keyboard and either 16GB SSD or 60GB hard-drive.

Gallery of the other Viliv models after the cut, together with hands-on first impressions

Ahead of their CES 2009 appearance, more details of the Viliv range from Yukyung Technologies have been emerging. The S5 MID, which has been promised for early 2009 and boasts 1080p HD-capabilities, integrated 3G and a 4.8-inch touchscreen, has been demonstrating its "cube" GUI, an in-house development intended to make a desktop OS (like Windows XP) more finger- and stylus-friendly on the move. Also, confirmation of further Viliv devices have been revealed.

A MID that promises in excess of six hours battery life is always going to get attention, and that's just what the Viliv S5 did back at IDF in August. The 4.8-inch touchscreen device was slated to launch this quarter; courtesy of an interview with Yukyung, the company behind the S5, we now know it's coming in January or February next year. So, it's late, but is it worth waiting for? If you want a fanless ultraportable with hardware 1080p HD video acceleration, a Flash 10-based interface and optional GPS and DMB, then the answer is yes.

The last time Viliv graced these pages it was with their P2 PMP back in 2006; now the company has returned with a Mobile Internet Device (MID), on show at the Intel Developers' Forum. The Viliv S5 MID has an 800 x 480 4.8-inch touchscreen and uses, unsurprisingly, an Intel Atom processor. As well as WiFi and Bluetooth, it also has optional 3G HSDPA and WiBro.

Attention for the MID platform seems to be increasing every day, and the poster-children of the new ultraportable revolution are Viliv's S5 and X70. The 4.8-inch S5 paved the way, and now even hitherto-doubtful people seem to be paying attention to the 7-inch X70, not least because of its $599 starting price. jkOnTheRun's James Kendrick is one of the few people with both Viliv models on hand, and he's been answering questions about the pair in a video which you can see after the cut.